1. FOUNDATIONS
OF KNOWLEDGE!

2. AQUIRE KNOWLEDGE
PROCESS KNOWLEDGE
CREATING MEANING TO
KNOWLEDGE
USE IT!

3. .
AQUIRING PROCESSING
KNOWLEDGE: KNOWLEDGE:
 BOOKS
 SCHOOL
 TELEVISION
 RADIO

4. .
Create meaning to Using Knowledge:
 You can use your knowledge to
knowledge :
your advantage in the same place
 Example: Making your own
you acquired it!
dictionary and writing the
definition yourself! In your mind! TO BECOME A BETTER
CRITICAL THINKER!!!!

5. INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence consists of being able to go through the
steps mentioned in the previous slides .
David Wechsler defines intelligence as the capacity to
understand one’s world, and being able to cope with it’s
challenges, as well as how one uses information one
already processed!

6. What abilities do Americans
think being Intelligent
requires?
1 . P R O B L E M S O LV I N G A N D P R A C T I C A L S K I L L S :
* B E I N G A B L E T O R E A S O N L O G I C A L LY
* H AV I N G A N O P E N M I N D
*IDENTIFY CONNECTIONS AMONG IDEAS
*SEE ALL ASPECTS OF PROBLEMS
2 . V E R B A L A B I L I T Y:
* S P E A K I N G C L E A R LY / A R T I C U L AT E LY
* R E A D I N G W I D E LY
*STUDYING HARD

7. 3. SOCIAL COMPETENCE:
* A C C E P T I N G O T H E R S M I S TA K E S
*SOCIAL CONSCIENCE
*BEING SENSITIVE TO OTHER
PEOPLE’S NEEDS & DESIRES

8. ROBERT S. STERNBERG
(Creater of the TRIARCHIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE)

9. ANALITICAL
INTELLIGENCE
Type of intelligence that
can be learned in school
or through education
 “BOOK SMARTS”
 PROBLEM SOLVING
 CRITICAL THINKING

10. CREATIVE
INTELLIGENCE
Relection of how an
individual connects the
internal world to
extermal reality
• “THINKING OUTSIDE
THE BOX”
• INSIGHT
• SYNTHESIS

11. PRACTICAL
INTELLIGENCE
Reflection on how an
individual relates to himself
in the external world
• “STREET SMART”
• SOLVING REAL LIFE
PROBLEMS.

12. “A MAN SHOULD LOOK FOR
WHAT IS, AND NOT FOR
WHAT HE THINKS SHOULD
BE.”
-ALBERT EINSTEIN